Sakiko Tanaka

Principal Social Sector Specialist, Southeast Asia Department, ADB

Sakiko's role is to provide technical support to operational departments on economic analysis of social sector projects, impact evaluations as well as country diagnostic studies in Asia and Pacific regions.

A trainee at the ADB-supported Women's Development Center project in Cambodia.

Different Genders, Different Decisions: Why Asian Women aren’t in Work

A new ADB report shows that how women decide to spend time differs to men, and that helps to understand why many women don’t join the formal workforce – and why, if they do, they are still likely to earn less than men and less likely to gain promotion.

Valerie Mercer-Blackman, Sakiko Tanaka